Huck: Hillary certified to find Obama's birthplace

Mike Huckabee says Republicans are wasting "energy and time" time with the "birther" argument about President Obama — because if it was true, Hillary Clinton's team would have dug it up during the 2008 primary campaign.

Huckabee made the comments in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," in which he also said he's "seriously considering making a run for it" in 2012 but that Obama will be tough to beat.

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Asked about the reluctance of some top national Republicans to say they believe Obama is a U.S. citizen in spite of the constant push from "birthers" questioning that fact, Huckabee replied that it was a silly effort, adding, "If there was any shred of truth to it, Hillary Clinton and her wonderful investigative opposition (research) machine would have found it and would have used it ...I think is a waste of energy and time."